Born on this day – Myrna Dell:

Myrna Dell

Actress

March 5, 1924 – February 11, 2011

Credits:

Unsolved Mysteries (1990); Buddy Buddy (1981); The One Man Jury (1978); Batman (1966); Hazel (1963); The Donna Reed Show (1963); Pete and Gladys (1961); Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960); The Texan (1959); U.S. Marshal (1959); Maverick (1958); The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1957); State Trooper (1957); Schlitz Playhouse (1953–1957); The Millionaire (1956); Dragnet (1956); Ethel Barrymore Theater (1956); The Naked Hills (1956); Crusader (1956); Jungle Jim (1956); Last of the Desperados (1955); The Toughest Man Alive (1955); Night Freight (1955); The New Adventures of China Smith (1954); Lux Video Theatre (1954); China Smith (1952–1953); Mr. & Mrs. North (1953); Gang Busters (1952); Here Come the Marines (1952); The Bushwhackers (1951); Reno (1951); The Strip (1951); Secrets of Beauty (1951); Never Trust a Gambler (1951); oe Palooka in the Squared Circle (1950); The Furies (1950); Destination Murder (1950); Radar Secret Service (1950); The Gal Who Took the West (1949); The Girl from Jones Beach (1949); Lust for Gold (1949); Roughshod (1949); The Lost Tribe (1949); Search for Danger (1949); Rose of the Yukon (1949); Motion Picture Stars Attend Premiere of 'Call Northside 777' (1948); The Uninvited Blonde (1948); Guns of Hate (1948); Fighting Father Dunne (1948); The Judge Steps Out (1948); The Locket (1946); The Falcon's Adventure (1946); Vacation in Reno (1946); Lady Luck (1946); Nocturne (1946); Step by Step (1946); I'll Take Milk (1946); Twin Husbands (1946); Ding Dong Williams (1946); The Falcon's Alibi (1946); Oh, Professor Behave! (1946); Maid Trouble (1946); The Spiral Staircase (1946); Man Alive (1945); Beware of Redheads (1945); It's Your Move (1945); Double Honeymoon (1945); Radio Stars on Parade (1945); The Falcon in San Francisco (1945); Wanderer of the Wasteland (1945); Belle of the Yukon (1944); Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944); Show Business (1944); Arizona Whirlwind (1944); Up in Arms (1944); Jive Junction (1943); Old Oklahoma (1943); Raiders of Red Gap (1943); Ziegfeld Girl (1941); A Night at Earl Carroll's (1940).

Born on this day – Micheline Dax:

Micheline Dax

Actress

Singer

March 3, 1924 – April 27, 2014

Credits:

Worst week of My Life (2010–2011); The Invisible Woman (2009); Park Benches (2009); Louis the flea market (2007); Max & Co (2007); Venus and Apollo (2005); My wife's ex-wife Life (2004); Monos (2003); The Little Mermaid DVD Read-Along (2002); The soup tureen (2002); Politically Rock (2000); Operation Bugs Bunny (1997); Violetta the Motorcycle Queen (1997); Toonstruck (1996); A Nanny of Note 2 (1995); The Bizarre Adventures of Woodruff and the Schnibble (1994); Hotel Mario (1994); Pregnancy nervous (1994); Gargantua (1993); The Joy of Living (1993); Les Misérables (1992); Taxi Girl (1992); The Keys to Paradise (1991); Forbidden to the public (1989); Pentimento (1989); What a family! (1989); A Key for Two (1989); Like father, Like Son (1988); L'amour à la letter (1986); Next case (1986); Lucky Luke (1984–1985); The Viratatoums (1985); A New Channel (1983); In the event of World War, I'm Flying Abroad (1983); The Head of the Family (1982); Sanctimonious or The Impostor (1980); Peter Voss, der Millionendieb (1977); Let's marry them Living! ... (1976); The Great Swagger (1976); The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976); The Acrobat (1976); Flat Out (1975); At the Theatre Tonight (1973–1974); Your the seagulls! (1974); The Goose with the Golden Eggs (1973); Sir Pompadour (1973); The Last Bourrée in Paris (1973); A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973); Anybody Can Call Me (1973); The Canary (1973); Tintin and the Shark Lake (1972); Music Please (1970); These gentlemen of the trigger (1970); The Shame of the Family (1969); Asterix and Cleopatra (1968); The Sloe (1968); The Little Lion (1967); The Great Dozmo (1967); Tender Scoundrel (1966); The Sprinkler (1966); To the two of us, Paris! (1966); Boulevard des Miscellaneous facts: 65-66 (1966); Soup Time (1965); Human Stupidity (1965); Les mordus de Paris (1965); Six in Paris / Rue Saint-Denis (1965); Blagapar (1964); The Magic Roundabout (1964); Skaal (1963); It's Not Me, It's the Other (1962); The Pavement of Paris (1961); Against the Grain (1961); What a time! 2 (1961); One Two-Wheeled (1960); Love and the Frenchwoman / Enfance, L (1960); Plural of Monsieur Leather Rings (1959); Spring Newty (1959); The Key to the Fields (1958–1959); Sacred Youth (1958); Mimi Pinson (1958); Airs de France (1958); This pretty world (1957); The Friend of the Family (1957); The Violin of the Orfeon (1957); Spring in Paris (1957); The Seventh Commandment (1957); Miss Catastrophe (1956); Slightly Ahead (1956); Don Juan (1956); If Paris Was Told to Us (1956); M'sieur la Quail (1955); Villa Sans-Souci (1955); No Mice in Business (1955); Ah! The Beautiful Priestesses of Bacchus (1954); Women of Paris (1953); Street of L'Estrapade (1953); Paris Magazine (1952); Branquignol (1949); Monelle (1948).

Born on this day – Lee Marvin:

Lee Marvin

Actor

February 19, 1924 – August 29, 1987

Credits:

The Delta Force (1986); The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (1985); Dog Day (1984); Gorky Park (1983); Death Hunt (1981); The Big Red One (1980); Avalanche Express (1979); The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (1976); Shout at the Devil (1976); The Klansman (1974); The Spikes Gang (1974); The Iceman Cometh (1973); Emperor of the North (1973); Prime Cut (1972); Pocket Money (1972); Monte Walsh (1970); Paint Your Wagon (1969); Hell in the Pacific (1968); Sergeant Ryker (1968); Point Blank (1967); The Dirty Dozen (1967); The Professionals (1966); Ship of Fools (1965); Cat Ballou (1965); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965); Dr. Kildare (1962–1964); The Killers (1964); The Great Adventure (1963); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963); The Twilight Zone (1961–1963); Combat! (1963); Donovan's Reef (1963); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Untouchables (1961–1962); The Virginian (1962); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962); The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); Bonanza (1962); Ben Casey (1962); Route 66 (1961); The Comancheros (1961); The Investigators (1961); Alcoa Premiere (1961); General Electric Theater (1954–1961); Checkmate (1961); Wagon Train (1960–1961); The Americans (1961); The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1961); M Squad (1957–1960); Sunday Showcase (1960); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); Schlitz Playhouse (1954–1959); Climax! (1955–1958); The Missouri Traveler (1958); Raintree County (1957); Kraft Theatre (1947); Studio 57 (1957); Pillars of the Sky (1956); Attack (1956); 7 Men from Now (1956); The Rack (1956); Front Row Center (1956); Kraft Theatre (1956); Shack Out on 101 (1955); I Died a Thousand Times (1955); Studio One (1955); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955); Pete Kelly's Blues (1955); A Life in the Balance (1955); Not as a Stranger (1955); Violent Saturday (1955); TV Reader's Digest (1955); Bad Day at Black Rock (1955); Medic (1954); Center Stage (1954); The Raid (1954); The Caine Mutiny (1954); Gorilla at Large (1954); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Plymouth Playhouse (1953); The Wild One (1953); Suspense (1950–1953); The Motorola Television Hour (1953); Gun Fury (1953); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Big Heat (1953); The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953); The Doctor (1953); The Glory Brigade (1953); Seminole (1953); Dragnet (1952–1953); Eight Iron Men (1952); Biff Baker, U.S.A. (1952); Hangman's Knot (1952); The Duel at Silver Creek (1952); We're Not Married! (1952); Diplomatic Courier (1952); Boston Blackie (1952); Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1952); Fireside Theatre (1952); The Web (1951); Teresa (1951); You're in the Navy Now (1951); Treasury Men in Action (1950); The Big Story (1950); Escape (1950).

Born on this day – Richard Hooker:

Richard Hooker

Writer

Surgeon

February 1, 1924 – November 4, 1997

Credits:

Books:

M*A*S*H Goes To Hollywood (1976); M*A*S*H Goes To Las Vegas (1975); M*A*S*H Goes To London (1975); M*A*S*H Goes to Maine (1971); M*A*S*H Goes To Miami (1976); M*A*S*H Goes To Montreal (1977); M*A*S*H Goes To Morocco (1975); M*A*S*H Goes To Moscow (1977); M*A*S*H Goes To New Orleans (1974); M*A*S*H Goes to Paris (1976); M*A*S*H Goes To San Francisco (1976); M*A*S*H Goes To Texas (1977); M*A*S*H Goes To Vienna (1976); M*A*S*H Mania (1977); MASH (1968).

Movies and television:

Not M*A*S*H XXX (2010); W*A*L*T*E*R (1984); AfterMASH (1983); M*A*S*H (1972–1983); Trapper John, M.D. (1979); M*A*S*H (1970).

Born on this day – Marie Sabouret:

Marie Sabouret

Actress

January 31, 1924 – July 23, 1960

Credits:

Les femmes savantes (1959); Would-Be Gentleman (1958); The Mask of the Gorilla (1958); Trois jours à vivre (1957); Dany Robin in Frou-Frou (1955); Rififi (1955); La bella Otero (1954); Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954); The Three Musketeers (1953); Mina de Vanghel (1953); Violetas imperiales (1952).

Born on this day – Dorothy Malone:

Dorothy Malone

Actress

January 29, 1924 – January 19, 2018

Credits:

Basic Instinct (1992); Rest in Pieces (1987); Peyton Place: The Next Generation (1985); He's Not Your Son (1984); Matt Houston (1982); Off Your Rocker (1982); The Being (1981); Condominium (1980); The Littlest Hobo (1980); The Day Time Ended (1979); Greatest Heroes of the Bible (1979); Winter Kills (1979); Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979); Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold (1978); Vega$ (1978); Flying High (1978); High Hopes (1978); The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1978); Golden Rendezvous (1977); Murder in Peyton Place (1977); The November Plan (1977); Little Ladies of the Night (1977); The Streets of San Francisco (1976); Police Woman (1976); Rich Man, Poor Man (1976); City of Angels (1976); Ellery Queen (1976); Abduction (1975); The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1975); Ironside (1973); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1972); The Pigeon (1969); Carnal Circuit (1969); Peyton Place (1964–1968); Insight (1966); Fate Is the Hunter (1964); Arrest and Trial (1964); The Greatest Show on Earth (1964); Beach Party (1963); The Untouchables (1962); General Electric Theater (1955–1962); Dr. Kildare (1962); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961); Death Valley Days (1961); Checkmate (1961); The Last Sunset (1961); Route 66 (1961); The Last Voyage (1960); Goodyear Theatre (1960); Alcoa Theatre (1960); Warlock (1959); Cimarron City (1958); Too Much, Too Soon (1958); The Tarnished Angels (1957); Tip on a Dead Jockey (1957); Quantez (1957); Man of a Thousand Faces (1957); Written on the Wind (1956); Tension at Table Rock (1956); Pillars of the Sky (1956); The Loretta Young Show (1956); Appointment with Adventure (1956); At Gunpoint (1955); The Christophers (1955); Artists and Models (1955); Sincerely Yours (1955); Tall Man Riding (1955); Five Guns West (1955); Fireside Theatre (1954–1955); Battle Cry (1955); Young at Heart (1954); The Fast and the Furious (1954); Private Hell 36 (1954); Security Risk (1954); Pushover (1954); The Lone Gun (1954); Four Star Playhouse (1953–1954); Loophole (1954); Omnibus / The Horn Blows at Midnight (1953); Jack Slade (1953); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Doctor (1953); Law and Order (1953); Scared Stiff (1953); Torpedo Alley (1952); Kraft Theatre (1951); The Bushwhackers (1951); Saddle Legion (1951); Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone (1950); The Killer That Stalked New York (1950); Convicted (1950); The Nevadan (1950); Colorado Territory (1949); South of St. Louis (1949); Flaxy Martin (1949); One Sunday Afternoon (1948); Two Guys from Texas (1948); To the Victor (1948); The Big Sleep (1946); Night and Day (1946); Janie Gets Married (1946); Frontier Days (1945); Too Young to Know (1945); Hollywood Canteen (1944); One Mysterious Night (1944); Youth Runs Wild (1944); Step Lively (1944); Show Business (1944); Seven Days Ashore (1944); Higher and Higher (1943); The Falcon and the Co-eds (1943); Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943).

Born on this day – Marvin H. Albert:

Marvin H. Albert

Writer

January 22, 1924 – March 24, 1996

Credits:

Books:

A Dancer's Progress and Schodinger's Cat (1993); A Nightmare to Dreamland (1985); All the Young Men (1960); Apache Rising (1987); Back in the Real World (1986); Becoming a Mother (1982); Bimbo Heaven (1990); Broadsides and Boarders (1958); Clayburn (1989); Crazy Joe (1974); Dark Goddess (1978); Driscoll's Diamonds (1974); Duel at Diablo (1966); Get Off at Babylon (1987); Goodbye Charlie (1964); Hidden Lives (1981); I'd Love to But I Have a Game (1993); Last Train to Bannock (1989); Long Teeth (1987); Miami Mayhem (1960); My Kind of Game (1962); No Chance in Hell (1960); Operation Lila (1983); Party Girl (1958); Rider from Wind River (1988); Skylark Mission (1973); Some Die Hard (1961); Stone Angel (1986); Strike Force 7 (1975); The Divorce (1965); The Don Is Dead (1972); The Gargoyle Conspiracy (1975); The Girl with No Place to Hide (1959); The Golden Circle (1987); The Hoods Come Calling (1958); The Lady in Cement (1961); The Last Smile (1988); The Long White Road (1957); The Man in Black (1990); The Medusa Complex (1982); The Midnight Sister (1989); The Pink Panther (1964); The Reformed Gun (1989); The Riviera Contract (1992); The Untouchables (1987); The Vendetta (1972); The VIPs (1963); The Zig-Zag Man (1991); Three Rode North (1989); Till It Hurts (1960); Trail of a Tramp (1958); Valley of the Assassins (1975); What's New Pussy Cat? (1965).

Movies and television:

À corps et à cris (1989); A Twist of Sand (1968); Bullet for a Badman (1964); Duel at Diablo (1966); Lady in Cement (1968); Nick Quarry (1968); Pour cent millions (1992); Rough Night in Jericho (1967); The Don Is Dead (1973); The Law and Jake Wade (1958); The Ugly Ones (1966); Tony Rome (1967); Wahdah be-Wahdah (1984).

Born on this day – Nicholas Colasanto:

Nicholas Colasanto

Actor

Director

January 19, 1924 – February 12, 1985

Credits:

Alias Smith and Jones (1971); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1960); Arrest and Trial (1963); Baretta (1975); Ben Casey (1964); Biography (2004); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966–1967); Bonanza (1972); Camera Three (1957); Car 54, Where Are You? (1962); Carla the Comeback Queen: Insults for Every Occasion (2004); Carla's Whipping Boy (2004); Cheers (1982–1985); Cheers: Last Call! (1993); CHiPs (1977); Cliff's Notes: The Wisdom of Cliff Clavin (2004); Coach Ernie Pantusso's Rules of the Game (2003); Columbo (1972–1974); Decoy (1958); Di Another Day: Diane Chambers from A-Z (2004); Don Adams' Screen Test (1975); Dr. Kildare (1965); Fame Is the Name of the Game (1966); Family Plot (1976); Fat City (1972); Fitz and Bones (1981); For the People (1965); Garrison's Gorillas (1967–1968); Hawaii Five-O (1969–1970); Hec Ramsey (1973); Here Come the Brides (1970); History of the Sitcom (2021); I Spy (1965–1966); I'll Drink to That: Stormin' Norm-isms (2003); Ironside (1967 / 1968); Kojak (1973); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Logan's Run (1977); Lou Grant (1978); Love at First Fight: Opposites Distract (2003); Lucas Tanner (1974); Mad Bull (1977); Mannix (1968); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1974); Martinelli, Outside Man (1977); McCloud (1970); McCoy (1975–1976); Mission Impossible Versus the Mob (1969); Mission: Impossible (1967); Monty Nash (1971); My Favorite Martian (1966); N.Y.P.D. (1968–1969); Nakia (1974); Nicholas Colasanto: His Final Season (2004); Playhouse 90 (1959); Police Story (1974); Premiere (1968); Profiles in Courage (1965); Raging Bull (1980); Run for Your Life (1965–1967); S.W.A.T. (1976); Search (1972); Setting the Bar: A Conversation with Ted Danson (2003); Shaft (1973); Shrink-Warped: Introducing Frasier Crane (2004); Starsky and Hutch (1978); Strictly Top-Shelf: The Guys Behind the Bar (2004); The 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1983); The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards (1984); The 9th Annual People's Choice Awards (1983); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1970); The Contender (1980); The Counterfeit Killer (1968); The F.B.I. (1966–1971); The Factor / Segment: Watters' World (2008–2014); The Felony Squad (1968); The Fugitive (1966); The Governor & J.J. (1969); The Haircut (1982); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery (1975); The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1981); The Name of the Game (1968–1970); The Return of the World's Greatest Detective (1976); The Streets of San Francisco (1973 / 1975); Toma (1973); Virtual Vera (2004); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1965); Westside Medical (1977).

Born on this day – Carole Cook:

Carole Cook

Actress

January 14, 1924 – January 11, 2023

Credits:

101 Even Bigger Celebrity Oops (2005); 42nd Street (1986); A Family for Joe (1990); A Very Sordid Wedding (2017); American Gigolo (1980); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2020); Baretta (1975); Break a Hip (2015–2018); Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021); Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003); Bronk (1976); Cagney & Lacey (1986–1988); Capitol (1982–1987); Carly's Web (1987); CBS Children's Mystery Theatre (1982); Charlie's Angels (1976–1977); Chico and the Man (1975–1976); Daniel Boone (1966); Danny Thomas' the Wonderful World of Burlesque: Second Edition (1965); Darkroom (1981); Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers (1969); Dynasty (1986–1987); E! 101 Most Awesome Moments in Entertainment (2004); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2000); E! True Hollywood Story (2001); Earl Hamner Storyteller (2015); Ellery Queen (1976); Emergency! (1976); Fast Money (1996); Gloria Vane (1993); Grandview, U.S.A. (1984); Greenwich Village: A World Apart (2015); Grey's Anatomy (2006); Griff (1973); Hart to Hart (1982); Here's Harry: Remembering Gale Gordon (2011); Here's Lucy (1968–1974); Home on the Range (2004); In the Glitter Palace (1977); Jack Benny's Birthday Special (1969); Jon Finch: The Ultimate Impresario (2011); Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On (2019); Kentucky Jones (1964); Knight Rider (1982); Kojak (1977); Lady Luck (1973); Laverne & Shirley (1982); Let's Talk to Carole (2010); Lost & Found (1999); Lucille Ball: We Love Lucy (2020); Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie (1993); Lucy Meets the Burtons: A Comedic Gem (2010); Magnum, P.I. (1986); Major Crimes (2014); Make Me an Offer (1980); Maude (1974); McMillan & Wife (1972–1974); Murder, She Wrote (1985–1988); My World and Welcome to It (1969); Now We're Cookin' (1983); Palm Springs Weekend (1963); Password (1965); Private Screenings (2014); Quincy, M.E. (1983); Rendezvous Hotel (1979); Rhyme and Reason (1976); Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed (2023); Sarge (1971); Something So Right (1982); Starsky and Hutch (1977); Still Waiting in the Wings (2018); Strike Force (1982); Strip Mall (2000); Summer Lovers (1982); TCM Remembers 2023 (2023); That Girl (1969); The A-Team (1986); The Bob Newhart Show (1961); The Desilu Story (2003); The Gauntlet (1977); The Hollywood Palace (1964); The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964); The Joey Bishop Show (1967); The Love Boat (1983); The Lucy Show (1963–1968); The Making of 'Summer Lovers' (1982); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1963); The Merv Griffin Show (1972–1975); The New Phil Silvers Show (1964); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); This Is the Life (1976); Trapper John, M.D. (1982); U.S. Marshal (1960); Vacation Playhouse (1966); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959).

Born on this day – Irene Kane:

Irene Kane

Actress

Writer

January 12, 1924 – October 31, 2013

Credits:

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001); All That Jazz (1979); Gypsy (1966); The Doctors (1964); Naked City (1958–1963); True Story (1958); Studio One (1957); Killer's Kiss (1955); Love of Life (1962-1965); Look Up and Live (1962).

Born on this day – Véra Norman:

Véra Norman

Actress

December 28, 1924 – May 19, 2023

Credits:

A Day with You (1952); Caroline Cherie (1953); chec au roy / Failure of the king (1945); General Electric Summer Originals (1956); In France as if you were there (1966); In the Land of the Sun (1951); Just Me (1950); La canción del penal (1954); La renégate / The Renegade (1948); La rose de la mer / The Rose of the Sea (1946); Lady Paname (1950); Le grand rendez-vous / The big event (1950); Le tampon du capiston / The capiston buffer (1950); Les corsaires du Bois de Boulogne / The corsairs of the Bois de Boulogne (1954); Les petites Cardinal / The little Cardinals (1951); L'homme de la Jamaïque / The man from Jamaica (1950); Mission à Tanger / Mission to Tangier (1949); Monsieur Vincent (1947); Retour à la vie / Return to life (1949); Rouletabille joue et gagne / Rouletabille plays and wins (1947); Sérénade au bourreau / Serenade to the executioner (1951); The double mistake (1952); The Snow Was Black (1954); The temptations of La Fontaine (1958); This Man Is Dangerous (1953); Torticola contre Frankensberg / Torticola, against Frankensberg (1952); Violetas imperiales / Imperial Violets (1952).

Born on this day – Cicely Tyson:

Cicely Tyson

Actress

December 19, 1924 – January 28, 2021

Born on this day – Maria Riva:

Maria Riva

Actress

Writer

Producer

December 13, 1924 – October 29, 2025

Credits:

Books:

Marlene Dietrich (1992); Marlene Dietrich Lib/E: The Life (2020); Marlene Dietrich: By Her Daughter Maria Riva (1992); Marlene Dietrich: The Life (1993); Meine Mutter Marlene (1992); You Were There Before My Eyes (2017).

Movies and television:

4th Annual Celebrity Parade for Cerebral Palsy (1954); 5th Annual Celebrity Parade for Cerebral Palsy (1955); Ad Lib (1986–1995); All Aboard (2018); Appointment with Adventure (1955); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1952); Beckmann (2005); Biography (2000); Climax! (1955); Compression (2023); Crime Photographer (1951–1952); Crime Syndicate (1952); Danger (1951–1952); Die glückliche Mutter (1928); Hallmark Hall of Fame (1952); Hello Paradise (2007); Hour of Stars (2002); Josef von Sternberg, the Man Who Made Dietrich (1994); Kraft Theatre (1952); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1952–1953); Kultur im Gespräch (1993); Legenden (1998); Let's Take Sides (1953); Lux Video Theatre (1951–1952); Marlene - Le Crépuscule d'un ange (2012); Marlene (2025); Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song (2001); Marlene Dietrich: Shadow and Light (1996); Medallion Theatre (1953); Nachlass Marlene Dietrich (1993); Omnibus / segment: The Abracadabra Kid (1953); Robert Montgomery Presents (1952–1955); Scrooged (1988); Stage 7 (1955); Studio One (1951–1955); Sure As Fate (1951); Suspense (1951–1954); Target (1958); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); The Ed Sullivan Show (1953); The Garden of Allah (1936); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2009); The Ken Murray Show (1952); The King Steps Out (1936); The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story (1996); The Martha Raye Show (1955); The Milton Berle Show (1953); The Motorola Television Hour (1953); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Scarlet Empress (1934); The Story of Ruth (1954); The Web (1951–1954); Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007); WOR-TV's Kid Telethon (1954); You Are There (1954); Your Show of Shows (1952).

Born on this day – Jack Couffer:

Jack Couffer

Cinematographer

Director

Writer

December 7, 1924 – July 30, 2021

Born on this day – Susanna Foster:

Susanna Foster

Actress

December 6, 1924 – January 17, 2009

Credits:

Bowery to Broadway (1944); Detour (1992); Follow the Boys (1944); Frisco Sal (1945); Glamour Boy (1941); Phantom of the Opera (1943); Star Spangled Rhythm (1942); That Night with You (1945); The Best of Hollywood (1999); The Climax (1944); The Great Victor Herbert (1939); The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked (2000); There's Magic in Music (1941); This Is the Life (1944); Top Man (1943); Universal Newsreel (1945).

Born on this day – Paula Raymond:

Paula Raymond

Actress

November 23, 1924 – December 31, 2003

Born on this day – Geraldine Page:

Geraldine Page

Actress

November 22, 1924 – June 13, 1987

Born on this day – Gianni Ferrio:

Gianni Ferrio

Composer

Conductor

Music arranger

November 16, 1924 – October 21, 2013

Born on this day – Henry Langrehr:

Henry Langrehr

World War II Veteran

Writer

November 4, 1924 – April 23, 2025

Book:

Whatever It Took

An American Paratrooper's Extraordinary Memoir of Escape, Survival, and Heroism in the Last Days of World War II

by Henry Langrehr & Jim DeFelice.

Published by William Morrow.

Illustrated edition.

Published 2020.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 0063027429

ISBN-13: 978-0063027428

Description:

"Extraordinary. ... Reveal[s] [Langrehr] as a person of great courage and strength who did whatever it took to survive." – Quad-City Times.

“Simply fascinating...reads with all the emotional impact of a finely crafted novel...an extraordinary and impressively presented military biography.” – Midwest Book Review.

Published to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day, an unforgettable never-before-told first-person account of World War II: the true story of an American paratrooper who survived D-Day, was captured and imprisoned in a Nazi work camp, and made a daring escape to freedom.

Now at 95, one of the few living members of the Greatest Generation shares his experiences at last in one of the most remarkable World War II stories ever told. As the Allied Invasion of Normandy launched in the pre-dawn hours of June 6, 1944, Henry Langrehr, an American paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne, was among the thousands of Allies who parachuted into occupied France. Surviving heavy anti-aircraft fire, he crashed through the glass roof of a greenhouse in Sainte-Mère-Église. While many of the soldiers in his unit died, Henry and other surviving troops valiantly battled enemy tanks to a standstill. Then, on June 29th, Henry was captured by the Nazis. The next phase of his incredible journey was beginning.

Kept for a week in the outer ring of a death camp, Henry witnessed the Nazis’ unspeakable brutality – the so-called Final Solution, with people marched to their deaths, their bodies discarded like cords of wood. Transported to a work camp, he endured horrors of his own when he was forced to live in unbelievable squalor and labor in a coal mine with other POWs. Knowing they would be worked to death, he and a friend made a desperate escape. When a German soldier cornered them in a barn, the friend was fatally shot; Henry struggled with the soldier, killing him and taking his gun. Perilously traveling westward toward Allied controlled land on foot, Henry faced the great ethical and moral dilemmas of war firsthand, needing to do whatever it took to survive. Finally, after two weeks behind enemy lines, he found an American unit and was rescued.

Awaiting him at home was Arlene, who, like millions of other American women, went to work in factories and offices to build the armaments Henry and the Allies needed for victory. Whatever It Took is her story, too, bringing to life the hopes and fears of those on the homefront awaiting their loved ones to return.

A tale of heroism, hope, and survival featuring 30 photographs, Whatever It Took is a timely reminder of the human cost of freedom and a tribute to unbreakable human courage and spirit in the darkest of times.

Born on this day – Cleo Moore:

Cleo Moore

Actress

October 31, 1924 – October 25, 1973